Last Thursday October 30th 2008 three political activists who had been charged with communicating with a Kurdish political organization were sentenced by the Revolutionary Courts in the City of Sanandaj.

Mr. Lotfollah Lotfipour was sentenced to two (2) years of imprisonment, Mr. Shamsollah Lotfipour to six (6) years of imprisonment, Mr. Shafigh Morad Veysi to one (1) year imprisonment and an individual only known as Jalal to five (5) years of imprisonment.

Further Mohammad Kaabi, who was arrested a few months earlier and was incarcerated in the main prison in the City of Sanandaj, in a specific section which is under the control of the Ministry of Intelligence was released on a 50 Million Toman bail.

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Sayeh Hassan is a criminal defense lawyer with Walter Fox & Associates and an Iranian Pro-Democracy activist. She is the author of the shiro-khorshid-forever blog (www.shiro-khorshid-forever.blogspot.com) which focuses on the pro-democracy movement and Regime Change in Iran. Through her pro-democracy activities she stays in close contact with activists in Iran as well as retaining contacts with various human rights and pro-democracy organizations abroad. She regularly speaks at conferences, has appeared on television and radio programs and her writing has been published by publications such as National Post, Toronto Star & Ottawa Citizen. She can be contacted at sayehhassan30@gmail.com